The latest Google Easter egg is a secret adventure game hidden inside Google Search — here's how to play (GOOG, GOOGL)

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If you were looking for an excuse to delay productivity, an adventure game found hidden inside Google Search can easily take up at least a few hours of your Monday morning.

Thanks to a Reddit user who posted on the r/google thread, we now know about a secret game hidden inside Google’s code. Upon entering the game, the user is sent on a wild goose chase to hunt down the colorful letters that make up the Google logo. The game is a text adventure, meaning you only have to type in simple words and commands to navigate through it.

Google has become well known for its number of tricks and surprises hidden within the confines of its search engine. There’s an entire Internet community out there devoted to discovering these “Easter eggs,” and an extensive list of them can be found on this Wikipedia page.